Happy Birthday, Pakkhi Hegde: Best Bhojpuri films of the actress

Pakhi Hegde, who has featured in movies across different languages, is now mainly active in Bhojpuri cinema. She started her acting career in 2004 with a TV show and marked her Bhojpuri debut with the film 'Bairi Piya' in 2006. Pakhi Hegde has worked with almost all the big stars in Bhojpuri films and has numerous hits to her credit. On her special day, we bring you some of the best performances of Pakhi Hegde.

'Nirahua Rickshawala' was a blockbuster Bhojpuri film starring Nirahua and Pakhi Hegde in lead roles. The film narrated the story of a woman who moves to a village from an urban area and gets stuck in trouble. A local man decides to help her but things don’t go as planned. 'Nirahua Rickshawala' was directed by Dinkar Kapoor and produced by Ashok K Kotwani.

Bhojpuri film 'Ganga Devi' featured Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan as well as Jaya Bachchan, Gulshan Grover, Pakhi Hegde, Awadhesh Mishra, Dinesh Lal Yadav, Girish Sharma and Vinay Bihari. The story of the film depicted the situation of politics in India. It was written and directed by Abhishek Chhadha.

Dinesh Lal Yadav and Pakhi Hegde starrer 'Nirahua Chalal Sasural' was a massive box office hit at the time of its release. It was helmed by Ajit Shrivastav and produced by Alok Kumar. Owing to its popularity, the movie also had a sequel titled 'Nirahua Chalal Sasural 2' starring the hit on-screen pair of Dinesh Lal Yadav and Aamrapali Dubey.

The story of 'Devra Bhail Deewana' revolves around the bond of two brothers who get into a misunderstanding after the elder brother's marriage. In the end, they overcome this and become a happy family. The movie featured Pradeep Pandey, Manoj Tiwari, Pakhi Hegde, Monalisa, Kajal Raghwani, Sanjay Pandey, Awadhesh Mishra and Brijesh Tripathi. 'Devra Bhail Deewana' was directed and produced by Rajkumar R Pandey, written by Santosh Mishra.

The story of 'Saat Saheliyan' was based on seven young and educated girls who fight a villain and put an end to crime. Rajkumar R Pandey was the producer and director of the film. 'Saat Saheliyan' featured Pradeep Pandey, Dinesh Lal Yadav, Rinku Ghosh, Pakhi Hegde, Rani Chatterjee and Monalisa in lead roles.